A Christchurch personal trainer has admitted 156 charges of selling unlawful medicines, including anabolic steroids and testosterone. The Ministry of Health has withdrawn another 155 charges against Phillip James Musson, 44, who remains in custody for sentencing in June in the Christchurch District Court. Musson has also admitted charges of forgery and using a […]

A recent NPR segment summed up the stakes in the emerging controversy over DMAA, a dietary stimulant used to boost focus and performance in sports, and as an ingredient in some weight loss products: In 2011, DMAA enjoyed a $100 million market in the US alone. But after two soldiers, one of whom “had a […]

by:  Millard Baker, Meso-RX The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Chinese government just learned something about anabolic steroids that has been common knowledge in the bodybuilding community for well over a decade. Where (what country) do most underground steroid labs (UGLs) and steroid “home-brewers” obtain their steroid powders? For those steroid-using bodybuilders who have […]

Many sports have had their share of scandals involving steroid use, performance enhancing drugs and blood doping. Recently, some of major league baseball’s luminaries have come under suspicion for using banned substances. However, baseball is by no means the only sport to have come under scrutiny for this kind of behavior. Cycling, football, mixed martial […]

Over the weekend, news started to circulated among members of the bodybuilding community that another life had been prematurely cut short. Nasser El Sonbaty died last week; presumably of kidney failure that began as an aggressive and persistent kidney infection. Matt Duvall had died just a week earlier while Joe Weider’s death was verified yesterday. […]

Retired athlete Glenn Kulka likely won’t live past 65 due to 10 years of steroid use Steroids are more widespread, easier to access and one of the most popular drugs seized in Ottawa and at the U.S.-Canada border, CBC News has learned. Won’t live past 65, doctor says Former steroid user and athlete, Glenn Kulka, […]

For the last few weeks, GNC, the dietary supplements retailer, has run a special on its Web site for a workout booster called Jack3d. "Hot Buy, Hot Buy, Hot Buy," reads a red banner splashed across the product's page. Federal health regulators issued a warning in April that the stimulant in Jack3d, a workout booster, […]

Donald Hooton cites a recent Minnesota University study when he says that, "5-6 percent of middle school and high school boys and 4-5 percent of high school girls are using anabolic steroids…That's over a million and a half kids." He is not the least bit surprised. "So many of our kids today are pressured by […]

A university student known as ‘Mr Muscles’ has died after apparently taking ‘lethal’ bodybuilding pills to help him lose weight. Fitness fanatic Sarmad Alladin, 18, who had posted snaps of his new muscles online, was taken to hospital just hours after praising the fat-burning tablets called DNP on Facebook. Mr Alladin, an international student and […]

Tammy Thomas mounted the podium after winning the 500-meter Olympic cycling time trial in Frisco, Texas. A muscular athlete with quiet determination, the Yazoo City native had just bested fellow cyclist Chris Witty in the quest to compete in the 2000 Summer Olympics. It's a quest she'd ultimately lose, but Thomas didn't know that at […]